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Okra Shoot and Fruit Borer, Earias vittella (F.), A New Host Record for the Egg Parasitoid, Trichogramma Chilotraeae Nagaraja and Nagarkatti from India


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1 Indian Institute of Vegetable Research, Varanasi 221 305, Uttar Pradesh, India
2 Central Research Institute for Jute and Allied Fibres, Barrackpore 700 120, West Bengal, India
 

An in situ survey on native natural enemies of okra shoot and fruit borer, Earias vittella was conducted during September-October 2008, at IIVR research farm, Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India. The survey revealed that Trichogramma chilotraeae Nagaraja and Nagarkatti is a potential egg parasitoid which was occurring naturally in the okra ecosystem in spite of the pubescence of the okra plant. This is the first record of natural parasitism of T. chilotraeae on E. vittella.

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Earias vittella, Trichogramma chilotraeae, Okra, Record.
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R. Gandhi Gracy
Indian Institute of Vegetable Research, Varanasi 221 305, Uttar Pradesh, India
T. M. Shivalingaswamy
Indian Institute of Vegetable Research, Varanasi 221 305, Uttar Pradesh, India
S. Satpathy
Central Research Institute for Jute and Allied Fibres, Barrackpore 700 120, West Bengal, India
A. B. Rai
Indian Institute of Vegetable Research, Varanasi 221 305, Uttar Pradesh, India

Abstract


An in situ survey on native natural enemies of okra shoot and fruit borer, Earias vittella was conducted during September-October 2008, at IIVR research farm, Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India. The survey revealed that Trichogramma chilotraeae Nagaraja and Nagarkatti is a potential egg parasitoid which was occurring naturally in the okra ecosystem in spite of the pubescence of the okra plant. This is the first record of natural parasitism of T. chilotraeae on E. vittella.

Keywords


Earias vittella, Trichogramma chilotraeae, Okra, Record.